🌱 How a truck fire near Cheat Lake stalled I-68 traffic

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• How a truck fire near Cheat Lake stalled I-68 traffic

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• PHOTOS: Commercial vehicle fire shuts down I-68 westbound lanes (wboy.com) — A commercial vehicle fire on I-68 near Cheat Lake shut down westbound lanes Tuesday evening, with the Brookhaven Volunteer Fire Department urging drivers to avoid the area and later announcing partial reopening. No injuries were reported, and by late evening the fast lane had reopened while the Monongalia County Sheriff's Office took over the scene.
   

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Cheat Lake

• FERC gives Lake Lynn Generation its OK for beach closure, dismisses Save Cheat Lake allegations (dominionpost.com)

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